By The Sea Seminars

09/22/2025

Excited to offer an online option for learning Moving Stories to teach, heal and connect deeply with others. Learn more: https://movingsotiresmethod.com/

09/15/2025

Come Experience Moving Stories on Zoom! https://www.movingstoriesmethod.com/event/hero-stories

06/09/2025

Hope you can come to Hero Stories on ZOOM beginning June 16th from 7-8 PM. Also, to get more Moving Stories news, "follow" my new Moving Stories page.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G5HZdmvSj/

I'm excited to start a monthly event, telling Moving Stories on ZOOM. I will begin on Monday June 16th from 7-8 PM telling a story from the book, "Nancy's Hero Stories".

My sister, Rev. Nancy Butler, wrote "Hero Stories", a collection of stories describing the lives of people of faith who inspired her. My mother (J. Woodruff) painted this picture of her. She died of ALS in 2016...as one of my favorite heroes.

Her stories work well for all ages. Have art supplies, a sandtray, some objects or Wonder Box nearby. The specific hero for this month is a surprise!

Here is a link to sign up: https://calendly.com/moving-stories/hero-stories/2025-06-16T19:00:00-04:00?preview_source=et_card&month=2025-06&date=2025-06-16

04/28/2025

Here's the new Moving Stories page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575899755018&sk=about

Moving Stories nurtures playful learning and healing experiences and training that deepen connection to self and others through play, story, symbols and sand.

12/27/2024

Hello Playful Healing People--a transition is afoot!

For many years, By the Sea Seminars provided workshops, sponsored the Roundtable, and housed a library of therapeutic Moving Stories™. Over the last year, Moving Stories™ evolved into its own entity, and By the Sea Seminars continues in our memories and relationships.

Here's the new website: https://www.movingstoriesmethod.com/

The library of therapeutic Moving Stories™ housed on the By the Sea Seminars website will be available again in time, as I develop kits to go with them.

I am also developing an online Moving Stories™ training series that I hope to be available soon, a Moving Storyteller certification, and Moving Stories™ onsite and remote for individuals and groups.

Hoping you will embrace the change even while we grieve the loss,

Dr. Sue Carroll Duffy
Moving Stories™

02/18/2024

Book study to include a a discussion of Moving Stories (Chapter 4).

Trauma Responsive Schooling: Centering Student Voice and Healing - Educator Book Study
Online Book Study Group hosted by Cobscook Institute
Tuesdays: March 12, 19 & 26 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Cost: Free

Join educators, researchers, and authors Cat Biddle, Lyn Mikel Brown, and Mark Tappan for a three-session study of their book, Trauma-Responsive Schooling: Centering Student Voice and Healing. The book chronicles the findings from a multiyear research project in two elementary schools in rural Maine. Participants in this book study will engage with the text, authors, and each other to learn about concrete and actionable practices that educators can leverage to upend traditional classroom power dynamics by listening foremost to student voices, validating student experiences, and promoting student agency.

This program is especially for formal and informal educators, parents and guardians, school administrators, and those seeking strategies to support students.

4.5 Contact Hours upon completion

REGISTER:

Cobscook Center offers a variety of classes and events at the Cobscook Institute campus in Trescott, Maine. Learn about upcoming events and classes, and register here.

01/24/2024

Thanks to NEAPT for the member highlight! It’s so nice to be appreciated:).

Dr. Sue Carroll Duffy is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™ with over 25 years of experience working with tribal communities. As the Director of Clinical Support and Innovation at Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, she supports clinicians and teachers working with Maine tribes and serves as a resource to the WPHW team in developing culturally and trauma responsive programs specifically for children from tribal communities. Dr. Carroll Duffy is also the owner of By the Sea Seminars and creator of the Moving Stories Method-an integrated therapeutic approach that supports children’s learning and healing through play, sand, and storytelling. She is piloting her first cohort of Level One training towards becoming certified Moving Storytellers at the end of the month.

Dr. Carroll Duffy, thank you for all your hard work and for being a NEAPT member.

03/09/2023

https://bytheseaseminars.com/workshops/the-moving-stories-method-for-schools-a-multisensory-approach-to-social-emotional-learning-and-resilience/

April 3rd at the Weald Bethel Community Center in Cherryfield, Maine.

Monday April 3, 2023 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM 6 Contact Hours Cost: $150 Description The Moving Stories method is a playful multi-sensory storytelling approach using objects in a sandtray to tell he…

09/07/2022

The Moving Stories Method for Schools: A Multisensory Approach to Social Emotional Learning and Resilience

September 16th 6-8 PM and September 17th 9-4:30 PM at the Cobscook Institute, Trescott ME

https://bytheseaseminars.com/workshops/the-moving-stories-method-for-schools-a-multisensory-approach-to-social-emotional-learning-and-resilience/

02/21/2021

Willing high schoolers needed for study on the impact of outdoor activity on their mental well-being, especially during this time of COVID-19 and online schooling. Please consider sharing the link.

Full-disclosure: It's a study for my daughter's high school science fair. :)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVsTHOtZt0Wa5hldtEJJC4cU3zznYxwK6roQ1u0KCEWP0H8g/viewform

Title of Study: Effects of Outdoor Activity on High Schoolers' Well-being During COVID-19 The purpose of this study is to research the impact of outdoor activity on the overall well-being of high school students, particularly during the ongoing circumstances of COVID-19 that we are all finding ways....

12/02/2020

An article on the brain science behind sandtray therapy.
https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-201?utm_campaign=apa_publishing&utm_medium=direct_email&utm_source=businessdevelopment&utm_content=gc_articlespotlight_pla_foo_12032020&utm_term=btn_middle_readmore

The featured case study in this issue of APA Journals Article Spotlight assesses the effect of sandplay therapy on a patient with generalized anxiety disorder.

10/25/2020

NEAPT Virtual Annual Conference is next week! Saturday October 31, 9 AM-12 PM. I will be presenting "Let's Play (Therapy) Outside".

https://neafpt.wildapricot.org/Annual-Conference